What is CVE-2021-23893?

CVE-2021-23893 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Drive Encryption, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-10-01.

How severe is CVE-2021-23893?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Privilege escalation in Mcafee Drive Encryption

CVE-2021-23893

Privilege Escalation vulnerability in a Windows system driver of McAfee Drive Encryption (DE) prior to 7.3.0 could allow a local non-admin user to gain elevated system privileges via exploiting an unutilized memory buffer.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

EPSS: 0.001 (4.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mcafee Drive_encryption — versions 7.3.0
Mcafee,llc Mcafee Drive Encryption (Mde) — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

References

trellixpsirt@trellix.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-23893?: CVE-2021-23893 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Drive Encryption, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-10-01.
How severe is CVE-2021-23893?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.